.El Salvador to send 380 soldiers to Iraq
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador will send 380 troops to Iraq later this week to replace a unit weakened by the deaths of two soldiers and the wounding of four others, defense officials said Thursday.
President Tony Saca, a close ally of the United States, will preside over the departure ceremony for the soldiers Friday, the country's Defense Department said.
The new troops will replace soldiers currently based in the southern Iraqi city of Kut according to a previously established rotation schedule. Two soldiers from that unit have been killed and at least four others wounded during insurgent attacks in the past month.
El Salvador is the only Latin American country remaining in Iraq. Four of its soldiers have died and more than 10 have been wounded since it started sending troops to Iraq in August 2003, five months after the U.S.-led invasion.
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President Tony Saca, a close ally of the United States, will preside over the departure ceremony for the soldiers Friday, the country's Defense Department said.
The new troops will replace soldiers currently based in the southern Iraqi city of Kut according to a previously established rotation schedule. Two soldiers from that unit have been killed and at least four others wounded during insurgent attacks in the past month.
El Salvador is the only Latin American country remaining in Iraq. Four of its soldiers have died and more than 10 have been wounded since it started sending troops to Iraq in August 2003, five months after the U.S.-led invasion.
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